DEFEAT Crossword Clue & Answer

We found 387 solutions for 'DEFEAT' with 2 to 19 letters.
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The clue "defeat" last appeared in the New York Times crossword on March 4, 2025. The correct answer for this puzzle is "LOSS", a 4-letter word.

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Clue
Answer
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DEFEAT with 10 letters
CENSORSHIP
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CIRCUMVENT
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CLOBBERING
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CONTRADICT
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CONTRAVENE
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CONTROVERT
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COUNTERACT
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DASHED HOPE
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DEFEASANCE
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DEMORALISE
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DEMORALIZE
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DESOLATION
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DIFFICULTY
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DISAPPOINT
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DISCOMFORT
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DISCONCERT
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DISSATISFY
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HARASSMENT
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ILL SUCCESS
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INHIBITION
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LAMBASTING
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LOSING GAME
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MISFORTUNE
10
NEUTRALISE
10
NEUTRALIZE
10
NONSUCCESS
10
OBLITERATE
10
OUTGENERAL
10
REPRESSION
10
SEPARATION
10
DEFEAT with 11 letters
BEAR THE PALM
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CONFOUNDING
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CONTAINMENT
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COUNTERMAND
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COUNTERWORK
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DESTRUCTION
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DEVASTATION
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DISILLUSION
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ERADICATION
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EXPURGATION
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FORLORN HOPE
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FRUSTRATION
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HUMILIATION
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MISCARRIAGE
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OBSTRUCTION
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OUTMANEUVER
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PREVAIL OVER
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RESTRICTION
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SHELLACKING
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SUBJUGATION
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SUPPRESSION
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TAKE THE CAKE
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TRIUMPH OVER
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USELESSNESS
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DEFEAT with 12 letters
BETRAYED HOPE
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BLIGHTED HOPE
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CHASTISEMENT
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DISCOMFITURE
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HOPE DEFERRED
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HORS DE COMBAT
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PUT TO SILENCE
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VANQUISHMENT
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DEFEAT with 13 letters
BEAT ALL HOLLOW
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DISCONCERTION
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EMBARRASSMENT
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STAND IN THE WAY
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TANTALIZATION
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DEFEAT with 14 letters
BOWDLERIZATION
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DISAPPOINTMENT
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DISCONCERTMENT
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DISCOUNTENANCE
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DISINTEGRATION
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GET THE BETTER OF
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KNOCK THE CHOCKS
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DEFEAT with 15 letters
DISILLUSIONMENT
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DISSATISFACTION
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REDUCE TO SILENCE
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SUCCESSLESSNESS
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DEFEAT with 16 letters
UNSUCCESSFULNESS
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DEFEAT with 17 letters
DEFEAT EXPECTATION
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FALLEN COUNTENANCE
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NONACCOMPLISHMENT
17
DEFEAT with 18 letters
ANSWER CONCLUSIVELY
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BLASTED EXPECTATION
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SMASH ALL OPPOSITION
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SORE DISAPPOINTMENT
18
DEFEAT with 19 letters
CRUEL DISAPPOINTMENT
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Top answers for DEFEAT crossword clue from newspapers

LOSS
LICK
TOP
OVERCOME
CONQUER
BEST
WORST
BEAT
OUTDO
VANQUISH

Definition of defeat

  • an unsuccessful ending to a struggle or contest; "it was a narrow defeat"; "the army's only defeat"; "they suffered a convincing licking"

Anagrams of defeat

FEATED

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Solution LOSS is our most searched for solution by our visitors. Solution LOSS is 4 letters long. We have 49 further solutions of the same word length.

How many solutions are there for the crossword clue "DEFEAT"?

There are 387 solutions. The longest is CRUEL DISAPPOINTMENT with 19 letters, and the shortest is KO with 2 letters.

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Solutions are between 2 and 19 letters long.

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defeatism
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Defeatist
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Defeat decisively
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DEFEAT SOUNDLY
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Be defeated
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A COMBATANT WHO IS ABLE TO DEFEAT RIVALS
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ACKNOWLEDGE DEFEAT
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A DEFEAT IN A GAME WHERE ONE SIDE FAILS TO SCORE
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BARELY DEFEAT
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A SOUND DEFEAT
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A BATTLE IN WHICH THE DANES DEFEATED THE SAXONS IN 991
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A HILL IN NORTHUMBERLAND WHERE THE INVADING SCOTS WERE DEFEATED BY THE ENGLISH IN 1513
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DEFEAT BY GOING TOO FAR
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A BATTLE IN 937 WHEN ATHELSTAN DEFEATED THE SCOTS
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defeated the Philistines Samson Like the weakened
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ANCIENT CITY IS SOUTHEASTERN ITALY WHERE HANNIBAL DEFEATED THE ROMANS IN 216 BC
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AES defeater
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A VERBAL ACT OF ADMITTING DEFEAT
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A TUNNEL DUG TO DEFEAT SIMILAR ACTIVITIES BY THE ENEMY
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